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Janel!Torkingto n !
c/!Lopez!56!
Madrid,!Spain!28012!
Javier!Sancio!
Headmaster,!IES!Jose!Luis!Sampedro!
Avenida!de!la!Vega!
Tres!Cantos,!Spain!
March!6,!2012!
Dear!Mr.!Javier!Sancio,!
I!am!wr itin g !th is !le tte r!t o !iss u e !a!com plaint!regarding!recent!recurring!verbal!aggression!on!the!
part!of!the!Social!Science!teacher!and!my!tutor,!Mr.!Smith.!
Everything!started!at!the!beginning!of!this!year,!when!we!were!correcting!an!exercise!about!
the!Industrial!Revo lution .!It!was !my !turn !to!spe ak,!so !I!presen ted !m y!idea ,!wh ich!co ntra dicte d!
what!he!had!taught!in!the!previous!lesson.!He!then!started!to!speak!quickly!and!aggressively!to!
me,!even!shouting!that!I!was!“some!kind!of!idiot”!that!didn’t!deserve!to!be!in!that!grade.!
When!I!tried!to!argue!back,!he!said!that!he!was!the!teacher,!and!that!I!was!“nobody.”!
This!is!just!one!of!many!examples!of!his!abuse!in!the!classroom.!I’ve!spoken!with!other!
members!of!the!class!and!found!similar!levels!of!discomfort!with!his!behavior.!I!have!already!
asked!for!help!from!the!Head!of!Studies!and!my!parents,!but!all!of!them!thought!I!was!
exaggerating!and!Mr.!Smith!was!not!the!source!of!the!problem.!
This!is!the!very!first!time!I’ve!struggled!with!a!teacher!at!school,!which!I!have!been!attending!
for!the!past!four!years.!
I!ask!you !fo r!immed ia te !a ct io n !sin c e !I!am!afraid !o f!this!situat io n !e sc ala tin g !in t o !se rio u s !
consequences!if!you!don’t!do!anything.!I!would!be!happy!to!have!a!meeting!with!you!to!
answer!any!questions!and!provide!more!details!about!this!problem.!
Sincerely,!
(SIGNATU R E )!
Janel!Torkingto n !
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